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Yellow Slug

Limacus flavus

705Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
65Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan31
Feb49
Mar76
Apr66
May86
Jun79
Jul64
Aug46
Sep94
Oct50
Nov35
Dec29

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Nottinghamshire England162
2Lincolnshire England81
3North Yorkshire England32
4City of Edinburgh Scotland21
5Nottingham England14
6Worcestershire England13
7Gloucestershire England13
8Devon England11
9Sheffield England11
10Oxfordshire England9
11North Lincolnshire England9
12Cambridgeshire England8
13Surrey England6
14Essex England6
15Isle of Anglesey Wales6
626 England46 Scotland29 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
705
Peak month
September
Counties with records
65
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Limacus flavus
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
696
Most recorded in
Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Limacidae
Genus
Limacus
Name with authority
Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q175818 · GBIF 2295442